Ron White Quotes

I have, like, two and a half years of failed jokes that I know I wouldn't repeat, but I certainly have no comprehension of what definitely works. And the only gauge that I can go by is, 'This makes me laugh,' and is joyful... I like to, if possible, do things that people can enjoy and it doesn't take anybody down.

I was a standup comedian, which is kind of like writing and directing yourself.

In reality, as a comedian, you're successful because you're funny, and you should be able to be funny about anything.

I love to work. I love doing standup.

Those early days of comedy are when you get addicted to it.

I think I have always tried to connect my comedy to my art.

The greatest comedian I've ever seen is Jack Benny. He wasn't afraid of the silences.

My job is mostly to entertain and be funny.

When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.

I'm in a sketch comedy group in school and I also do stand-up.

If you became a comedian in the '80s, you had to work the circuit and make people laugh. Canned laughter is cheating.

Podcasts feature comedians being as funny as they can be in a non-censored situation. It's really akin to standup in a way. When you go see a comedian in standup, that is the most pure, unadulterated form of their art.

If you're a comedian, you are looking for material in daily life.

It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.

If something strikes me as funny, I'll put it in my performance.

Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punchline.

Comedy is very difficult. I love it because when you do it right, it's the best feeling in the world.

From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that's what I had to do.

I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.

it is hard to find new jokes. What I need is new audiences.

I do think that the audience thinks it's funny when you break, but if you do it all the time, it loses something.

My job is to take what I think is funny and to make other people think it's funny, too.

'Playing House' works because we're being supremely honest to what we think is funny and not what we think other people think is funny.

I have the improv background, but stand-up is different.

I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I write jokes.